Breech-loading fire-cracker pistol



(No Model.)

G. ()GL BREEGH LOAD FIRE CRA ER PISTOL. N0. 427,356. Patented May 6,1890.

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GEORGE V. OGLE, OF MORGAN PARK, ILLINOIS.

BREECH-LOADING FlRE-CRACKER PISTOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,356, dated. May 6,1890. I

Application filed December 31, 1889. Serial No. 385,528. (No model.)

To a, whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WASHINGTON OGLE, of Morgan Park,in the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulBreech-Loading Fire-Cracker Pistol, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of myinvention is to produce a cheap, simple, and safe toypistol, wherein fire-crackers may be utilized as ammunition to project alight harmless missile; and it consists in the peculiar construction ofthe device, as is hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thesame; and Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sect-ion taken through theaxial center, as indicated by the line 3 3 in Fig. 1. i

The pistol-stock A and barrel B are preferably made integralof wood orcast from metal, and are shaped, substantially as shown, to imitate abreech-loading pistol, there being projections to and 7) formed near thegrippiece of the handle, which respectively represent the hammer andtrimmer of a real firearm, and a sight-piece I), also in the usual placeon the barrel B. From the muzzle end 0 of the barrel B to the point ethe barrel is axially perforated, the caliber of said bore beingconsiderably larger than a fire-cracker of ordinary size.

At 0 an upwardly and rearwardly'curved aperture is formed in the portionthat substantially corresponds to the breech-block of a pistol, whichaperture from its direction affords an elongated inlet 0 above at therear end of the barrel B, into which the firecracker C maybe readilyintroduced and slid forward until it is fully Within and in contact withthe rear end of the barrel, where a vertical shoulder is formed, thefuse cl of the cracker I being held to project outside of the loadingasrepresented in Fig. 3, and a missile D, of cork, gum, or other similarmateriahis inserted in the muzzle of the barrel B, said plug D fittingtightly therein. The fuse being lighted, the pistol may be sighted, andthe explosion of the fire-crackerwill drive the missile D from thebarrel with considerable force toward the object aimed at.

Some of the gas resulting from detonation of the fire-cracker willescape rearwardly; but there Will be no fire or any portion offirecracker material so projected, all passing out of the muzzle, as isusual with real fire-arms.

The device is made sufficiently substantial to avoid liability offracture, and the windage afforded around the cracker-body and theescape provided at the rear end for a portion of the gases of explosionobviate any contingency of accidental rupture of the barrel and injuryto the hand of the operator.

Owing to the noise and fire as Well as smoke produced by thelire-cracker ammunition, which simulates the operation of discharging areal pistol, the device affords harmless amusement to youth and suppliesa substitute for more dangerous toys of the same genus.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A toy pistol having its barrel and stock constructed of one piece ofmaterial, the bore of the barrel communicating at its rear with anupwardly and outwardly extei'iding loading-aperture of less diameterthan said bore, substantially as shown and described.

2. A toy pistol having its barrel and stock constructed of one piece ofmaterial, on which are formed simulations of a sight-piece, trigger, and hammer, the bore of the barrel communicating at its rear with anupwardly and outwardly curved loading-aperture of less diameter thansaid bore, substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE \V. OGLE.

Witnesses:

A. O. HAZARD, EDGAR AYRES.

